Pressing cloth



Patented. Dec. 22, 1931 UNITED "STATES TALMZAGE B. WEAVER, F MITCHELLSOUTH DAKOTA PRESSING' CLOTH No Drawing.

This invention relates to a pressing cloth of the type employed whenpressing suits and other garments in order to prevent danger ofscorching the material from which the garment is made or causing cloth,such as serge, to become shiny.

One object of the invention is to provide a cloth impregnated with adressing which will cause an iron to slide easily overthe cloth whilepressing and also prevent the cloth from absorbing too much water whendamped before being applied to the garment-to be pressed.

Another object of the invention is, to impregnate the cloth with adressing which will serve to some extent to confine steam generated bythe hot pressing iron between the cloth and the garment and therebypermit the garment to be pressed in a very-eflicient manner.

Another object of the invention is to so apply the-dressing to the cloththat it willbe evenly distributed and excess dressing removed so thatthere will be'no danger of the garment being stained or otherwise soiledby the dressing when the cloth is in use.

The pressing cloth constituting the subject-matter of this inventionconsists of a strip of closely Woven fabric and preferably heavy muslinof a close fine weave is employed. This strip is cut the properlengthoughly saturated, it is placed in a centrifugal extractor whichrotates at a high rate of speed and the centrifugal force createdremoves most of the excess dressing from the cloth. The cloth is thenpassed between heated rollers which serve to evenly distribute thedressing throughout the cloth and after being passed through the rollersthe cloth is placed a heated dry room and left therein Application filedOctober 8, 1927. Serial No. 225,020.

until the gasoline remaining in the cloth has entirely evaporated andthe cloth is deextractor the cloth is passed through a heated manglesubjected to heavy pressure together with a strip of preferably whitepaper of an absorbent nature; The paper is placed beneath the cloth whenpassed through the mangle and will serve to absorb any dressing whichmay be expressed from the cloth. This prevents anydanger of too muchdress ing remaining in the cloth and causing a garment formed of lightsilk or thin cloth to be stained or otherwise soiled while I beingpressed. d

When the pressing cloth is in use, it is first dipped in water and wrungout to re move excess water therefrom and is then placed upon thegarment to be pressed and hot iron in the usual manner. Since the clothis impregnated with beeswax, the iron will slide very easily across thecloth and in view of the fact that the wax fills the pores of the clothsteam generated between the cloth and garment will to a certain extentbe confined and cause the garment to be pressed in a veryefficientmanner. If desired, the dry cloth can be applied to the garment andafter being sponged lightly ironed in the usual manner. i

Having thus described the invention, I claim: i

1. A method of forming a pressing cloth consisting of providing a stripof fabric, ims

mersing the, fabric in boiling water and rinsing to remove sizingtherefrom, dipping the strip into a dressing consisting of gasoline andmelted beeswax, removingmost of the excess dressing, distributing thedressing throughout the strip while subjecting the strip to heat andpressure, allowing excess gasoline to evaporate from the strip, dippingthe strip in warm water and removing surplus moisture therefrom, layinga'sheet of absorbent material upmtsthe strip, and subjecting the sheetand the strip to heat and high pressure whereby the remainder of theexcess dressing will be removed therefrom.

2. A method of forming a pressing cloth consisting of providing a stripof fabric free from sizing, impregnating the fabric with a dressingconsisting of gasoline and melted beeswax and extracting most of theexcess dressing therefrom,"subjecting the strip to heated pressing meansto evenly distribute the dressing, allowing excess gasoline to evaporatefrom the strip, dipping the strip in warm water and then extracting thewater, laying a sheet of absorbent material upon the strip, andsubjecting the sheet and strip to heat and pressure whereby theremainder of the excess dressing will be removed from the strip.

3. A method of forming a pressing cloth consisting of providing a stripof fabric free from sizing, impregnating the fabric with .a dressingconsisting of gasoline and melted beeswax and evenly distributing thedressing and allowin excess gasoline to. evaporate therefrom, dlppingthedressed strip in Water and then extracting the water, and-finallyremoving excess dressing from the strip.

Intestimony whereof I affix my signature.

TALMAGE B. WEAVER [1,. s;]

